Re: [translations] Re: 2.18 release plans (again).

[James]

On 29/10/13 09:19, Julien Rioux wrote:
> On 29/10/2013 4:43 AM, David Kastrup wrote:
> > Julien Rioux <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> > > On 27/10/2013 2:09 PM, Janek Warchoł wrote:
> > > > That's good, but the most irritating thing about this patch is not
> > > > that i have to solve merge conflicts.  I'm mainly irritated because a
> > > > piece of solid code (maybe it's not as solid as i think, but to know
> > > > that i need _reviews_) is laying dormant for *half a year*, which
> > > > prohibits me from working on some other stuff.  I would really like to
> > > > get some of my GSoC work finished and merged into master, and this
> > > > patch is a first step for that.
> > >
> > > I'm curious, why is this issue set to Patch-waiting?
>
> I had to go answer my own question: The patch contains code changes 
> without the necessary doc changes, so it is not suitable for 
> Patch-review state, but Janek would appreciate reviewer comments so 
> that the code can reach a final form before doing the doc changes.
>
> > > I think generally
> > > people hardly ever have enough time to look at Patch-countdown issues,
> > > so a Patch-waiting issue would definitely not get much attention.
> >
> > Well, that's what Janek complained about.  It's more or less a
> > consequence of our grading system: "Patch-review" means "slated to move
> > to countdown" and "Patch-Countdown" means "slated to move to
> > Patch-push".
>
> Patch-waiting seems like the correct qualifier. How about advertising 
> those Patch-waiting issues as part of the Countdown email that is sent 
> regularly? We currently have 7 of those, and could probably pretty 
> quickly identify which one are truly waiting and which one are now 
> abandoned.

Well if you want me to include patch-waiting then I can do that in the 
countdowns, it's just another filter and list of tracker items.

However if you want then to 'move on' from whatever patch-waiting jumps 
to next then I just need to know what the 'rules' are so to speak and 
what I move it to.

It's not that big a deal for me.

James